Immunotherapy, Adoptive
Synonyms
Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapies
Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy
Adoptive Immunotherapies
Adoptive Immunotherapy
Cellular Immunotherapies, Adoptive
Cellular Immunotherapy, Adoptive
Immunotherapies, Adoptive
Immunotherapies, Adoptive Cellular
Immunotherapy, Adoptive Cellular
Form of adoptive transfer where cells with antitumor activity are transferred to the tumor-bearing host in order to mediate tumor regression. The lymphoid cells commonly used are lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). This is usually considered a form of passive immunotherapy. (From DeVita, et al., Cancer, 1993, pp.305-7, 314)